We work at the intersection of human computer interaction and personal fabrication tools.
Our long-term vision is that in the future anybody will be able to create anything anywhere anytime. Working towards this goal, we build novel hardware and software systems that advance personal fabrication technologies.
G-ID is a method that utilizes the subtle patterns left by the 3D printing process to distinguish and identify objects that otherwise look similar to the naked eye.
Together, the Hasso Plattner Institute and MIT are working toward novel solutions to the world’s problems as part of the Designing for Sustainability research program.
Developed by MIT researchers, BrightMarkers are invisible fluorescent tags embedded in physical objects to enhance motion tracking, virtual reality, and object detection.
FlexBoard is a flexible breadboard that enables rapid prototyping of objects with interactive sensors, actuators, and displays on curved and deformable surfaces.
MIT Technology Review recently recognized MIT professor and CSAIL principal investigator Stefanie Mueller as one of their Innovators Under 35 for her ongoing work with reprogramming objects' appearances using photochromic dyes.
